
Global Warming and the Built Environment
Spon Press
1st Edition
Published on 9. October 2017
Book
Hardback
304 pages
978-1-138-40870-8 (ISBN)
Description
The role of the built environment on global warming is seen to be of increasing relevance. In this book, contributors of international repute offer a wide perspectivet on the subject. This new paperback edition offers insights and techniques regarding design and management of buildings and urban settlement and discusses the issues of accountability and responsibility.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Professional Practice & Development
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
453 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-138-40870-8 (9781138408708)
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Additional editions

D.K. Prasad | R. Samuels
Global Warming and the Built Environment
E-Book
06/2005
1st Edition
Spon Press
€132.99
Available for download

D.K. Prasad | R. Samuels
Global Warming and the Built Environment
E-Book
06/2005
1st Edition
Spon Press
€132.99
Available for download

D.K. Prasad | R. Samuels
Global Warming and the Built Environment
Book
05/1996
1st Edition
CRC Press
€187.30
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Persons
D.K. Prasad, R. Samuels
Content
1: Environmental accountability: users, buildings and energy; 2: Environmental auditing and the built environment; 3: Human use of renewable energy to improve the global environment in the post-Brundtland era; 4: The greenhouse effect and future urban development; 5: Urban design, transportation and greenhouse *; 6: Sustainable development, energy policy issues and greenhouse; 7: Energy and architectural form; 8: Environmentally benign architecture: beyond passive; 9: Energy efficiency and the non-residential building sector; 10: Principles of energy efficient residential design; 11: Technological options and sustainable energy welfare; 12: Materials selection and energy efficiency